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Obi-Wan giving a sick Anakin some soup | for @jaggededges123

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Duchess Satine was different...

● Satine, who argues with Obi-Wan about the rights of the clones and says that she is ready to give them political asylum in case they refuse to participate in the war, since each of them is a Mandalorian and a member of her people.

● Satine, who needs her father's help, but looks in the mirror, because all she has left of him is herself.

● Satine, who oversees orphanages on Mandalore and personally attends the children's concerts, bringing gifts with her, because no one is better than her knows what it's like to be left alone with the world without a family.

● Satine, who cries on the sidelines, watching Qui-Gon Jinn being buried.

● Satine, who secretly watches holo-news from the clone's war front because she's worried about Obi-Wan.

● Satine, who calls Ahsoka nothing less than "young Jedi Master" because she knows that's important to her.

● Satine, who calls General Kenobi to Mandalore for an emergency - and that emergency turns out to be the need to spend one evening together.

● Satine, who switches the firing mode on her blaster to "stun" because she does not want to hurt anyone, even in self-defense.

● Satine, who believed in peace so much and loved it so much that she didn't even think about running away, knowing that they were going to crucify her.

● Satine, who kept the peace on Mandalore for 20 years, but everyone forgot about this.

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will never understand all the vocabulary struggles star wars fanfiction writers talk about. what do you mean you cant use the idiom "a dime a dozen" because they dont have dimes in star wars? put the word "space" before it. a space dime a dozen. bam. skill issue

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Obikin thoughts:

The both of them accidentally calling Ahsoka their daughter as well as their padawan.

Demisexual Anakin is everything to me. This man has only ever romantically love to people in his life ever. And it shows.

Obikin bickering like an old married couple

The constant touching they do when they're fighting. It's everything to me.

Obi Wan being pulled between the Order and his love for Anakin.

Obikin being both obessesed with each other. The obessesiveness goes both ways.

Obi Wan throwing out every jedi belief out the window when he saw Anakin kill Palpatine to save his son, to make Anakin a force ghost.

Force ghosts Obikin being so soft and cute together.

Anakin actually being genuinely charming and knowing how to talk to politicians because he spends so much time around them. Obi Wan finding this side to Anakin both hot, but is also jealous of how everyone looks at Anakin.

Jealous Obi Wan, who is also being purposely obtuse on why he feels that way(it's Anakin).

Anakin getting Obi Wan to laugh.

Anakin affectionately calls Obi Wan "old man".

Obi Wan seeing Anakin being a good parent/dad.

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Sticky apprentice

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i love that anakins force ghost is young and youthful Meanwhile obi-wan is stuck old and grey forever

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Andor makes me want to write a Star Wars fanfiction but it's so scary. What if I write "Glup Shitto was sitting on the balcony, drinking coffee and reading his favourite book", but someone comments "didn't you mean he was drinking glop-goppy and reading a holo-journal? 🤨" so I open wookiepedia to check it out and it turns out that they also never invented balconies in the star wars universe and Glup Shitto can't read because of the freak accident he suffered in the episode 10 of the 2024 show "Jar-Jar and Babu Frik". What then.

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lounging

day 16 of happy gay people !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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once i commit to doing a proper naboo handmaidens redesign its sooo over for everyone

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Princess Leia on Hoth | illustrated by Alex Maleev

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In a galaxy far away

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ghost etiquette

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This is cracking me up..why on earth did they delete his response in the movie!? hes so offended LOL

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I love them.

Soy muy flojo para redibujar las fotos pero ni modo.

And I clearly saw this and my neurons were activated;

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I feel like this is an unpopular opinion, but more people should read incomplete/unfinished/in-progress fanfics.

I've noticed this huge trend where creators on tiktok and tumblr who will be explaining how to use Archive Of Our Own to new users and they always say "and make sure to scroll down and click completed only" or how people will go out of their way to mention they only read completed fics 'because they were traumatized when they forgot to check the dates and didn't realize this fic hadn't been updated since 2012'.

The thing is - I think by not engaging with and/or actively avoiding writer's WIPs readers are potentially adding to the aggregate of abandoned works. Now this obviously isn't the case for all abandoned fics, anything from major life events, to loss of interest, to getting busy can be a reason for a fic getting abandoned - but at least on some level I just know that writers are quitting while they're ahead when they aren't garnering any response or feedback because reading WIPs has become unpopular. If you're worried about reading something that hasn't been updated since 2012 then you can use the date updated function to sort out old fics.

Anyways, support your favorite fanfic writers by engaging with their WIPs.

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No light, No light

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🍖 How to Build a Culture Without Just Inventing Spices and Necklaces

(a worldbuilding roast. with love.)

So. You’re building a fantasy world, and you’ve just invented: → Three types of ceremonial jewelry → A spice that tastes like cinnamon if it were bitter and cursed → A holiday where everyone wears gold and screams at dawn

Cute. But that’s not culture. That’s aesthetics.

And if your worldbuilding is all outfits, dances, and spice blends with vaguely mystical names, your story’s probably going to feel like a cosplay convention held inside a Pinterest board.

Here’s how to fix that—aka: how to build a real, functioning culture that shapes your story, not just its vibes.

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🔗 Culture Is Built on Power, Not Just Style

Ask yourself: → Who’s in charge, and why? → Who has land? Who doesn’t? → What’s considered taboo, sacred, or punishable by death?

Culture is shaped by who gets to make the rules and who gets crushed by them. That’s where things like religion, family structure, class divisions, gender roles, and social expectations actually come from.

Start there. Not at the embroidery.

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2.🪓 Culture Comes From Conflict

Did this society evolve peacefully? Was it colonized? Did it colonize? Was it rebuilt after a war? Is it still in one?

→ What was destroyed and mythologized? → What do the survivors still whisper about? → What do children get taught in school that’s… suspiciously sanitized?

No culture is neutral. Every tradition has a history, and that history should taste like blood, loss, or propaganda.

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3.🧠 Belief Systems > Customs Lists

Sure, rituals and holidays are cool. But what do people believe about: → Death? → Love? → Time? → The natural world? → Justice?

Example: A society that believes time is cyclical vs. one that sees time as linear will approach everything—from prison sentences to grief—completely differently.

You don’t need to invent 80 gods. You need to know what those gods mean to the people who pray to them.

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4.🫀 Culture Controls Behavior (Quietly)

Culture shows up in: → What people apologize for → What insults cut deepest → What people are embarrassed about → What’s praised publicly vs. what’s hidden privately

For instance: → A culture obsessed with stoicism won’t say “I love you.” They’ll say “Have you eaten?” → A culture built on legacy might prioritize ancestor veneration, archival writing, name inheritance.

This stuff? Way more immersive than giving everyone matching earrings.

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5. 🏠 Culture = Daily Life, Not Just Festivals

Sure, your MC might attend a funeral where people paint their faces blue. But what about: → Breakfast routines? → How people greet each other on the street? → Who cooks, and who eats first? → What’s considered “clean” or “proper”? → How is parenting handled? Divorce?

Culture is what happens between plot points. It should shape your character’s assumptions, language, fears, and habits—whether or not a festival is going on.

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6. 💬 Let Your Characters Disagree With Their Own Culture

A culture isn’t a monolith.

Even in deeply traditional societies, people: → Rebel → Question → Break rules → Misinterpret laws → Mock sacred things → Act hypocritically → Weaponize or resist what’s expected

Let your characters wrestle with the culture around them. That’s where realism (and tension) lives.

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7.🧼 Beware the “Pretty = Good” Trap

Worldbuilding gets boring fast when: → The protagonist’s homeland is beautiful and pure → The enemy’s culture is dark and “barbaric” → Every detail just reinforces who the reader should like

You can—and should—challenge the aesthetic hierarchy. → Let ugly things be beloved. → Let beautiful things be corrupt. → Let your MC romanticize their culture and then get disillusioned by it later.

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📍 TL;DR (but like, spicy): → Culture is not food and jewelry. → Culture is power, fear, memory, contradiction. → Stop inventing spices until you know who starved last winter. → Let your world feel lived in, not curated.

The best cultural worldbuilding doesn’t look like a list. It feels like a system. A pressure. A presence your characters can’t escape—even if they try.

Now go. Build something real. (You can add spices later.)

—rin t. // writing advice for worldbuilders with rage and range // thewriteadviceforwriters

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